English / Map Form: Inver
Gaelic Form: An t-Inbhir
Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross
Post Town: FORT WILLIAM
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Inver
Gaelic Form: An t-Inbhir
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. inbhir, masc. ‘confluence’Element Meaning
G inbhir ~ confluence
Sources
| Innur | c. 1590 Pont map 20 |
| Inver de Lochslin | 1622 RMS viii no. 351 |
| Inver of Lochslin | 1685 Acts. Parl. vol 8 p.516 |
| Inbhir | Dwelly 1912 |
| an Inbhir | Robertson Collection MS357 p.36 |
| an in’ir | Watson 1904, 38 |
| An Inbhir | Saoghal Bana-maraiche |
Additional Information
Ionbhur is masculine in Dwelly, masculine in Wentworth (an t-Ionbhur for the Inver of Erradale). The form however, appears to be feminine for the Black Isle Inver, as corroborated by Robertson, W. J. Watson and S. Watson. MacKinnon says this variation is because inbhir was a neuter word before the gender dropped from Gaelic. (Scotsman November 30th p.7).
